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1/ Astronomers made the first clear detection of a moon-forming disc around an exoplanet, using @ALMAObs , in which ESO is a partner.

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Credit: ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO)/Benisty et al.
2/ The disc in question, called a circumplanetary disc, surrounds the exoplanet PDS 70c, one of two giant, Jupiter-like planets orbiting a star nearly 400 light-years away.

Credit: @ESO /L. Calçada, ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO)/Benisty et al.
3/ Astronomers had found hints of a “moon-forming” disc around this exoplanet before but, since they could not clearly tell the disc apart from its surrounding environment, they could not confirm its detection — until now.

Credit: ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO)/Benisty et al.
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